Overview
- The Israeli military claims to have discovered a major Hamas militant hideout beneath Gaza City's Shifa Hospital, which it showed to foreign journalists.
- The alleged hideout, described as a subterranean dormitory, is said to be part of a network of tunnels and bunkers used by Hamas for military purposes.
- Since the war began on October 7, over 11,000 Palestinians have been killed, and entire neighborhoods have been leveled by Israel's intense aerial campaign and ground invasion.
- Israel accuses Hamas of using civilians as human shields and firing rockets from densely populated areas, including from the grounds of Shifa Hospital.
- Hamas and the hospital administration deny Israel's accusations.